Most hauntingly beautiful song ever?

[Tye Green]

don't know if anyone's offered this one yet but what a fabulous voice:

Angelique Kidjo singing 'Blewu' under the Arc de Triomphe with a rather prominent audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpABEO2Embs

[Petrus1983]

This is modern but I’m genuinely taken by it - their tour launches this week and I’m buying tickets for sure -

Wolf Alice -

https://youtu.be/xzH6toY_EPw

[Skyrocket21]

Whilst slightly tipsy I feel brave enough to post this, without going into a personal essay, this Piano piece and videography holds a special place, it was something that gave a slight escape to a clinically depressed mind, those who've been there know exactly what I mean. It was something that gave me slight chills and a brief moment of respite from the daily pain. I'm better now, so hopefully someone else can enjoy this beautiful thing.

It starts with what I know as The Mountain, played and written by Ludovico Einaudi and the piano piece is called Nuvole bianche.

This is The Mountain:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-sEPbFKG0
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/22439234 (I prefer this one!)

Many years later, I discovered the actual song, sang in Sicilian and perfomed in London, you can look for the translations, it's basically a heart break song of someone leaving a loved one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-HsW142T5g

I'm going to put this here too, Dolores O'Riodan, live, Go Your Own Way, amazing voice, another tragic loss.
https://youtu.be/Qlw4NohB678

Edited by Skyrocket21 on Tuesday 23 March 00:44

[Darkslider]

Just discovered this band and can't get enough of this particular track. A melancholic instrumental that has got under my skin and manages to make me feel jubilant and saddened at the same time.

Disclaimer, my Mrs who lives and breathes music claims she can't hear anything special in this one which I just can't fathom.

Those who ride with giants-the scent of the old Ocean

https://youtu.be/YnTUAtORxkY

[Harpoon]

Steffaloo - The Hurt:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGFlNSNLG4&...

Lovely stuff IMHO, very soothing.

[Patch1875]

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

[audidoody]

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours

Edited by audidoody on Wednesday 31st March 16:28

[JaymzDead]

I know that the vast majority of the collective will probably not like this but The Coffin Ships by Primordial is one that gets me every time. The lyrics are especially poignant and haunting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5onHLICxgc

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Patch1875 said:

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

My favourite of hers is The Tin Man.

ETA 'Remember the Tin Man'. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj8fwWTZhD0

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Thursday 1st April 19:05

[NMNeil]

J.J. Cale, Sensitive Kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GStdIzreUyM&li...

[Pieman68]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

My favourite of hers is The Tin Man.

ETA 'Remember the Tin Man'. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj8fwWTZhD0

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Thursday 1st April 19:05

The acapella "Behind the wall" is pretty haunting from the first album

[offspring86]

Where Rainbows Never Die by The Steeldrivers

https://youtu.be/uBx76N9tudQ

Chris Stapleton on vocals, before his career launched to what it is today.

[witteringon]

Emmylou Harris, from the BBC transatlantic sessions, some years ago now
https://youtu.be/G7aIB7sFVdc

[lemansky]

I saw you today, or at least I think it was...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=welle...

Slender bride, your beauty shines from you
And forever more, I'll be on your side for sure
A light in your life that always burns for you
As time passes, so quickly...

[SomersetWestie]

lemansky said:

I saw you today, or at least I think it was...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=welle...

Slender bride, your beauty shines from you
And forever more, I'll be on your side for sure
A light in your life that always burns for you
As time passes, so quickly...

My funeral song.................

[zetec]

The version of ABBA’s Dancing Queen used in the film Muriels Wedding

https://youtu.be/BUDz7m0BXjk

[cherryowen]

zetec said:

The version of ABBA’s Dancing Queen used in the film Muriels Wedding

https://youtu.be/BUDz7m0BXjk

Reminds me of this:-



I was on a lunch break in (I think 2007), and ClassicFM played it.

Goosebumps.

[CallThatMusic]

Trophy Husband said:

WindyCommon said:

And whilst we’re here...

This brings tears to my eyes.
The lyrics are beautiful especially if you notice that the gun is put down on the side in the first few lines.
I have listened to it many times over the past few days and without being dramatic it has made me realise how wonderful my wife is and how life gets in the way of love.
On the back of this I have played the whole unplugged several times and two things strike me....
What a fabulous and unique voice Morten has and how incredible it is that a Norwegian can write so beautifully in a foreign language.
Fabulous and thanks for the share.

Agreed. Utterly brilliant song from a much under-rated band.

[Turn7]

E31Shrew said:

Added title!

Evanescence...My Immortal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZCWUUu28g

Edited by E31Shrew on Tuesday 7th December 19:39

That song always reminds me of the short lived
YouTube of fatal f1 accidents....

It is incredibly haunting in that perspective for me.

[Mr_Yogi]